Group	Filipino mestizo
Regions	Philippines, United States, and Spain
Languages	Philippine languages, Spanish, English, other European languages, Chinese, or other languages.
Religions	Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic, with a minority of Protestants) and other religions.
Related-c	Other Filipino people }}

Filipino mestizo is a term used in the Philippines to describe people of mixed Filipino and foreign ancestry. The word mestizo is of Spanish origin, and was originally used in the Americas to only describe people of mixed European and Native American.

History

Spanish period

The Spanish expedition in 1565, prompted a period of Spanish colonization over the Philippines which lasted for 333 years. The Roman Catholic Church played an important role in allowing Spanish settlements in the Philippines. The Spanish government and religious missionaries were quick to learn native Filipino languages and Roman Catholic rituals were interpreted in accordance with Filipino beliefs and values. As a result, a folk Roman Catholicism developed in the Philippines. A small number of White or Caucasian settlers from Spain and Mexico immigrated and their offspring (of either Spanish, or Spanish and Filipino) may have adopted the culture of their parents and grandparents, however only 3.6% of the population has White ancestries from Spanish and American colonization. Most Filipinos of Spanish descent in the Philippines are of mixed ancestries or are of pure European ancestry. Some individuals still speak Spanish in the country, in addition, Chavacano (a creole language based largely on the Spanish vocabulary) is widely spoken in the Southern Philippines, including the Zamboanga Peninsula and its neighbouring regions.

Chinese immigration

There has been an interaction with and presence of people from what is today China, the arrival of the Spaniards to the Philippines attracted Yellow people or other oriental races such as the Chinese, during the colonial period. The Spaniards restricted the activities of the Chinese and confined them to the Parián which was located near Intramuros. Most of the Chinese residents earned their livelihood as traders serving the Spanish colonial authorities.

Many of the Chinese who arrived during the Spanish period were Cantonese, who worked as labourers, but there were also Fujianese, who entered the retail trade. The Chinese resident in the islands were encouraged to intermarry with Filipinos, convert to Roman Catholicism and adopt Hispanic names, surnames and customs.

During the United States colonial period, the Chinese Exclusion Act of the United States was also applied to the Philippines.

After World War II and the rise of communism in China, many of the Chinese refugees settled in the Philippines. This group formed the bulk of the current population of Chinese Filipinos. After the Philippines regained its independence in 1946, those Chinese became naturalized Filipino citizens, the children of these new citizens were born and raised in the Philippines and had Filipino citizenship from birth.

Colonial caste system

The history of racial mixture in the Philippines occurred on a smaller scale than other Spanish territories during the Spanish colonial period from the 16th to the 19th century. A caste system, like that used in the Americas (Spanish America), existed in the Philippines, with some major differences. The indigenous peoples of the Philippines were referred to as Indios and Negritos.

! Term	! Definition
Negrito	person of pure Aeta ancestry
Indio
Sangley	person of pure Chinese ancestry
Mestizo de Sangley	person of mixed Chinese and Malay ancestry
Mestizo de Español	person of mixed Spanish and Malay ancestry
Tornatrás	person of mixed Spanish, Malay and Chinese ancestry
Insulares	person of pure Spanish descent born in the Philippines
Américano
Peninsulares	person of pure Spanish descent born in Spain ("from the Iberian peninsula")

See also

Demographics of the Philippines

Ethnic groups in the Philippines

Eurasian

Amerasian

Afro-Asian

Indo people of Indonesia

Multiracial

Criollo people, Mulatto, Zambo, in the Americas

Publications

1. http://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/bitstream/1808/1129/1/CEAS.1964.n10.pdf Wickberg, Edgar. (March 1964) The Chinese Mestizo in Philippine History. ''The Journal Southeast Asian History, 5(1)'', 62–100. Lawrence, Kansas: The University of Kansas, CEAS.

2. http://www.analitica.com/Bitblio/emily_monroy/race_mixing.asp Monroy, Emily. (23 August 2002) Race Mixing and Westernization in Latin America and the Philippines. ''analitica.com''. Caracas, Venezuela.

3. Gambe, Annabelle R. (2000) ''Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurship and Capitalist Development in Southeast Asia''. Münster, Hamburg and Berlin: LIT Verlag.

4. http://www.public-conversations.org.za/_pdfs/anderson_12.pdf Anderson, Benedict. (1988) ''Cacique Democracy in the Philippines: Origins and Dreams''.

5. Weightman, George H. (February 1960) ''The Philippine Chinese: A Cultural History of A Marginal Trading Company''. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Dissertation Information Service.

6. Tettoni, Luca Invernizzi and Sosrowardoyo, Tara. (1997). Filipino Style. ''Periplus Editions Ltd.'' Hong Kong, China.

7. Tan, Hock Beng. (1994). Tropical Architecture and Interiors. ''Page One Publishing Pte Ltd.'' Singapore.

8. http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/502rev.pdf (1999) Advisory Body Evaluation. ''UNESCO World Heritage Site''.

9. http://www.xeniaeditrice.it/lens.pdf Medina, Elizabeth. (1999) Thru the Lens of Latin America: A Wide-Angle View of the Philippine Colonial Experience. Santiago, Chile.

10. http://www.seacex.es/documentos/imag_colonial_13_identidad.pdf (2006) The Colonial Imaginary. Photography in the Philippines during the Spanish Period 1860–1898. ''Casa Asia: Centro Cultural Conde Duque''. Madrid, Spain.

11. http://www.fullbooks.com/History-of-the-Philippine-Islands-Vols-1-and1.html Blair, E. H. and Robertson, J.A. (editors). (1907) History of the Philippine Islands Vols. 1 and 2 by Dr. Antonio de Morga (Translated and Annotated in English). ''The Arthur H. Clark Company''. Cleveland, Ohio.

12. http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SdMMBza_e38C&printsec;=frontcover&dq;=Austin+Craig&hl;=en#PPP1,M1 Craig, Austin. (2004). Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot. ''Kessinger Publishing''. Whitefish, Montana.

References

External links

Culture and fertility: the case of the Philippines

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Group	Filipino people of Spanish ancestry
Population	The official population of all types of mestizos (Asian, American, Hispanic, etc.) that reside inside and outside of the Philippines remains unknown, as the Philippine Statistics Department does not account for the racial background or ancestry of an individual.
Regions	Philippines
Languages	Spanish, Filipino, English, Chabacano, and other local languages of the Philippines.
Religions	Christianity (Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.)
Related-c	Spanish people, Filipinos, and Filipino mestizos }}

Filipino people of Spanish ancestry are a Filipino ethnic group living in the Philippines with ancestries from both the Philippines and Spain. These Filipinos are mostly descendants of the migrants to the Philippines during the colonial period. A minority of these mixed blood individuals are either of Catalan, Andalusian or Basques origin, mixed together with other Filipino ethnic groups such as Tagalog or Cebuano, among others. Thereby, also former spanish dominated italian territories like the Kingdom of Naples are included, as italian surnames like Aquino or Tolentino indicate.

Today, the official percentage of Filipinos with Spanish ancestry is unknown. The Philippine Statistics Department does not account for the racial background or ancestry of an individual. The official population of all types of mestizos (Asian, American, Hispanic, etc.) that reside inside and outside of the Philippines remains unknown. Although a study provided by Stanford University claimed that around 3.6% of the population have White or Caucasian ancestries from both Spanish and American colonization, it only genotyped 28 individuals from the Philippines, a sample size far too small to draw conclusions on a population of over 90 million people.

In addition there are different estimates of this mixed descent, either by the parent side, it is calculated that some 3,500,000 to 5,000,000. In other cases it is also estimated with a proximity of 17,000,000 to 36,550,197 people of Hispanic descent.

History

Background

Admixture has been an ever present and pervading phenomenon in the Philippines as early as when the Philippines were originally settled by Australoid peoples called Negritos and admixture occurred between this earlier group and the mainstream Malayo-Polynesian population.

Arab and Hindi traders also intermarried with the local population during the pre-Spanish history of the Philippines. The arrival of Spanish abruptly halted the spread of Islam further north into the Philippines and intermarriage with Spanish people later became more prevalent after the Philippines was colonized by the Spanish Empire.

A Chinese presence had been recorded in the Philippines since the 9th century that mixed extensively with the local population. During the Spanish colonial era, large-scale migrations of Chinese to the Philippines resulted in even more intermixing.

Spanish colonization

The Spanish colonization in 1565, prompted the establishment of Spanish rule over the Philippines that lasted for about 333 years. Spanish people came mainly from Mexico and Spain, and the Philippines was ruled as part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, with its capital in Mexico City until Mexico's independence in 1821, when the Philippines started to be governed directly from Spain.

Early Spanish who were born in Spain (Peninsulares) and Mexican settlers (Criollos), the latter being mostly of either European or Mestizo heritage known as Americanos (Americans), were mostly explorers, soldiers, government officials, and religious missionaries, among others. Many of them settled in the islands and eventually married or inter-bred with the indigenous population.

In some provinces in Luzon, Mindanao and theVisayas, the Spanish government encouraged foreign merchants to trade with the indigenous population, but they were not given certain privileges such as ownership of land. From this contact, social intercourse between foreign merchants and Filipinos resulted in a new ethnic group. These group were called Filipino mestizos (mixed-race individuals). Some of their descendants, emerged later as an influential part of the Philippine society, such as the Principalía (Nobility).

Between 1565 and 1815, Hispanics from Mexico and Spain sailed to and from the Philippines as government officials, soldiers, priests, settlers, traders, sailors and adventurers in the Manila-Acapulco Galleon, assisting Spain in its trade between Europe and Latin America (Spanish America) and Latin America and the Philippines.

The opening of the Suez Canal made the trip between Europe and the Philippines much faster and affordable, and many Spaniards and some people from other parts of Europe took advantage and migrated to the islands via that route.

People of other ethnicities, such as Amerindians (Mexican Indians) and Africans, also settled in the Philippines after serving as members of the crew on Spanish ships. Some of these individuals married Filipinos of different ethnic groups and classes and integrated into Philippine society.

Racial integration

As opposed to the policies of other colonial powers such as the British or the Dutch, the Spanish colonies were devoid of any anti-miscegenation laws. Moreover, the Catholic Church not only never banned interracial marriage, but it even encouraged it. The fluid nature of racial integration in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period was recorded by many travelers and public figures at the time, who were favorably impressed by the lack of racial discrimination, as compared to the situation in other European colonies.

Among them was Sir John Bowring, Governor General of British Hong Kong and a well-seasoned traveler who had written several books about the different cultures in Asia, who described the situation as "admirable" during a visit to the Philippines in the 1870s.

Another foreign witness was English engineer, Frederic H. Sawyer, who had spent most of his life in different parts of Asia and lived in Luzon for fourteen years. His impression was that as far as racial integration and harmony was concerned, the situation in the Philippines was not equaled by any other colonial power:

Language and Culture

Most common languages spoken today are Tagalog (with many words borrowed from Spanish), and English, which is used in the public sphere. Many other Filipinos also speak other Philippine languages.

Today, only a minority of Filipinos speak Spanish, only some mestizos from older generations, those with links with Spain, America or other Spanish-speaking areas and recent immigrants, have preserved Spanish as a living spoken language, although many Spanish cultural traits still remain, most notably the adoption of Christianity among the majority of Filipinos.

In addition, Chavacano (a creole language based largely on Spanish vocabulary) is spoken in the southern Philippines and forms one of the majority languages of Zamboanga Peninsula and Basilan. It is also spoken in some parts of Malaysia where it has been made official.

Notable Filipinos of Spanish ancestry

A large number of Filipinos of Spanish descent migrated to Spain, Latin America, Australia, the United States, etc. after the Spanish American War, World War II and during the later part of the 20th century. Filipinos of Spanish descent are found in all social spectrum, especially the upper and middle socio-economic classes. Many of them are very prominent in politics, commerce, arts, entertainment industry and professional sports.

Among the most notable Filipinos of Spanish ancestry are:

José Rizal, Filipino writer and national hero of the Philippines.

Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino nationalist and revolutionary.

Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, Spanish Prime Minister of Filipino descent.

Manuel Quezón, Politician and ex-president of the Philippines.

Rogelio de la Rosa, Film star, Senator, presidential candidate and diplomat.

Jose Cojuangco, former district representative of Tarlac. Grandfather of Noynoy Aquino, president of the Philippines.

José Ozámiz, Senator and Governor of Misamis Occidental.

Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino historian and jurist.

Claro M. Recto, Politician, jurist and writer.

Guillermo Gómez Rivera, Writer and academic director of the Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española.

Paulino Alcántara, Footballer and manager.

Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr., Businessman and politician, chairman of San Miguel Corporation.

Pilita Corrales, Singer and song-writer.

Iza Calzado, Actress, TV host, performer and model.

Luis Eduardo Aute, Singer and song-writer.

Isabel Preysler, Model and television host.

Charlene Gonzales Actress.

Marian Rivera, Actress.

Isabel Granada, Actress and singer.

Carlos Loyzaga, Basketball player and coach.

See also

Demographics of the Philippines

Filipino mestizo

Hispanic influence on Filipino culture

Philippines education during Spanish rule

References

External links

Photos of Spanish mestizos in the Philippines

Category:Filipino people of Spanish descent Category:Spanish colonial period in the Philippines

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birth name	Kristine Hermosa Orille
birth date	September 09, 1983
yearsactive	1996 - present
occupation	Actress, Model
spouse	Oyo Boy Sotto }}

Kristine Hermosa Sotto (born Kristine Hermosa Orille) on September 9, 1983 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress. She is well known for portraying the role of Yna Macaspac in the primetime drama series, ''Pangako sa 'Yo''.

She is currently a talent of Star Magic and a contract artist of ABS-CBN.

Biography

Personal life

She is the second of four children in the family. Her mother is of Spanish descent. One of her siblings is former actress Kathleen Hermosa. Hermosa went to Batino Elementary School. When her family moved to Laguna, she then enrolled at Colegio de San Pedro, San Pedro, Laguna near Pacita Complex to continue her remaining years in grade school and eventually her first year in high school. She then pursued her studies at ABS-CBN Learning Center after they moved back to Manila.

On September 21, 2004, she had a marriage ceremony with Diether Ocampo, her co-star in ''Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas''; however, the Court of Appeals, on January 30, 2009, upheld a lower court ruling that the marriage was declared null and void from the very start. kristine became official part of sotto family clan when she married Oyo Boy Sotto

Acting career

Kristine Hermosa was discovered at age 12 when her older sister Kathleen auditioned for a show in ABS-CBN. She was cast in the 1998 weekly drama series, ''Sa Sandaling Kailangan Mo Ako''. On 2000, she was cast in the primetime soap opera, ''Pangako sa 'Yo''. She starred in the film ''Forevermore'', released in 2002. In 2003-2004, she starred ''Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas''. The following year, Hermosa starred in the film ''All My Life'' where she played a broken-hearted woman who finds love with a dying man. She also played the lead role in the short-lived television series '''Til Death Do Us Part'' in 2005. Hermosa appeared in ''Gulong ng Palad'' and ''Prinsesa ng Banyera'' in 2006 and 2007 respectively and in 2009 in ''Dahil May Isang Ikaw''. She appeared in the action-fantasy series ''Noah'' where she played a diwata, the counterpart of a fairy in Philippine mythology.

Filmography

Television

Noah (TV series)

Year !! Title !! Role !! Network
rowspan="2"	1996	Ang TV
Gimik	Tin-Tin Fernandez
rowspan="3"	1998	Sa Sandaling Kailangan Mo Ako
Richard Loves Lucy	Tin-Tin
Star Drama Theater	Various
1999	Ang Munting Paraiso
2000–2002	Pangako Sa 'Yo
rowspan="2"	2003	OK Fine Whatever
ASAP (variety show)	ASAP	Herself/Host/Performer
2003–2004	Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas
2005	'Til Death Do Us Part (Philippine TV series)>'Til Death Do Us Part
rowspan="7"	2006	Gulong ng Palad
Star Magic Presents: Windows to the Heart	Susan
Your Song (TV series)	Your Song: "Sabihin Mo Na"
Your Song (TV series)	Your Song: "Ilalim Ng Ulan"
Komiks (TV series)	Komiks Presents: "Bampy"	Bampirela
Komiks (TV series)	Komiks Presents: "Bahay ng Lagim"
Aalog-Alog	Herself (Guest)
rowspan="4"	2007	Sineserye Presents: Palimos ng Pag-ibig
Your Song (TV series)	Your Song: "Himala"	Cindy
Love Spell: "Click na Click"	Wena Eugenio
Your Song (TV series)	Your Song: "Christmas Is"	Brei
2007–2008	Prinsesa ng Banyera
rowspan="2"	2008	Maalaala Mo Kaya: "Gayuma"
Banana Split	Herself
rowspan="2"	2009	Komiks Presents: Nasaan Ka Maruja?
Dahil May Isang Ikaw	Melissa/Angel/Angela 'Ella' Alferos-Ramirez
rowspan="2"	2010	Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Lumang Piso Para sa Puso>Lumang Piso Para Sa Puso
Midnight DJ
2010–2011	Noah ||	Diwatang Eva	ABS-CBN

Movies

Year !! Title !! Role
1996	Ang TV>Ang TV: The Movie''	Gwen
1997	''Ang Pulubi At Ang Prinsesa''
1998	''Nagbibinata''
1999	''Gimik: The Reunion''
1999	''Mahal na Kung Mahal''
2000	''Minsan, Minahal Kita''
2000	''Pera o Bayong (Not da TV)!''
2001	''Hostage''
2001	''Trip''
2002	''Forevermore''
2003	''Ngayong Nandito Ka''
2004	''All My Life''
2004	''Bcuz of U''
2004	''Enteng Kabisote: Okay ka, Fairy Ko: The Legend''
2005	''Enteng Kabisote 2: Okay Ka Fairy Ko: The Legend Continues''
2006	''Wag Kang Lilingon''
2006	''Enteng Kabisote 3 : Okay ka, Fairy Ko: The Legend Goes On and On and On''
2007	''Enteng Kabisote 4: Okay Ka, Fairy Ko: The Beginning of the Legend''
2008	''My Big Love''

Awards/Recognitions & Nominations

Year !! Award/Recognition/Nomination !! Critics
2011	New York Festivals Awardee (Dahil May Isang Ikaw)	2011 New York Festivals
2010	Google PH's 20 Most Influential Pinays of 2010 included
2010	Hall of Fame Hot 100 (10 yrs of inclusion in FHM 100 Sexiest List)
2010	Face of the Year Winner
2010	Moet and Chandon Sparkling Couple of the Night with actor Oyo Boy Sotto
2009	Face of the Year Nominee
2009	YES Magazine's 100 Most beautiful Stars (included)
2006	Box-Office Queen of Philippine Movies
2006	Anak TV Seal Awardee - Most Admired Female TV Personality
2005	All My Life (2004 film)>All My Life
2004	Female Star of the Night
2002	Most Popular Loveteam of Philippine Movies (with actor Jericho Rosales)
2001	Best Young Actress
2001	Parangal ng Bayan Most Promising Female Performer
2001	Most Popular Loveteam of Philippine Movies (with actor Jericho Rosales)

References

External links

Category:Filipino film actors Category:Filipino television actors Category:Filipino television personalities Category:Filipino people of Spanish descent Category:1983 births Category:Ang TV Category:Living people Category:Star Magic Category:Star Magic Batch 4

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name	Francine Prieto
birth date	September 29, 1981
birth place	Manila, Philippines
birthname	Anna Marie Falcon
occupation	Actress, host, model
yearsactive	1997-present
homepage	}}

Francine Prieto born '''Anna Marie Falcon'' (September 29, 1981) is a former award-winning child star, a fashion model and movie actress from the Philippines. She is of Filipino and Norwegian descent.

Education

Francine studied in Adamson University with the degree in Bachelor of Science in Psychology.

Career

She began her career in the entertainment industry as a member of That's Entertainment. In her teen years, she showed the makings of a high-profile model that got her into the modeling industry. So much so that at 13, she was fielded in Elite Model Search (formerly Look of the Year) and she emerged as one of the finalists. At such a young age, she was already believed to be one of the strongest models standing shoulder to shoulder with professional models like Victoria Fidler, Karen Timbol, Phoemala Baranda, Pia Serrano and eventual winner Roleen Caralde. Top model Linda Evangelista flew in Manila to judge the search.

Francine Prieto, then known as Anna Marie Falcon burned the ramps and shoots with her stunning Eurasian mien towering at 5'9 in her teen years. As a professional model this time, she joined Bodyshots competition and landed as 1st Runner-Up. It opened more doors for her in the modeling industry for years. At 19, now stunning and dazzling more than ever she was again entered in a yet another major competition in the Philippines as a candidate in the Binibining Pilipinas pageant where she was predicted to capture one of the major titles. Unfortunately, she only managed to reach the Top 15 finalists. Then came the movies after her loss at the Binibining Pilipinas contest.

She had done sexy roles and she's a Seiko Films contract star along with Diana Zubiri. But her biggest break came when she played Queen Avria in Etheria, the second book of Encantadia. She has done in her comic roles in Bubble Gang where she's one of the current members. She recently played Kuran, a villainess in Kamandag. As of now, she is not only a sexy star but a great actress with the likes of Diana Zubiri, Rufa Mae Quinto and among others. She played a supporting role as Aureana in Codename: Asero. In Early 2009 she played Shiela, one of the villains in Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang. Currently, she's in KaDate (DZMM Tele-Radyo program) as an anchor with Bobby Yan 12mn-2am) and as Mrs. Smith in Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo. Francine currently cut her contract with GMA-7 after the show Bubble Gang. She is now a Kapamilya, although her contract is non-exclusive.

She is now a radio host in DZMM 630 in the program Ka-Date W/ Bobby Yan. Ka-Date is heard 12am-2pm Tuedays to Saturdays.

Filmography

TV Shows

Wansapanataym>Wansapanataym: Cacai KikayShow Me Da Manny

|	Title	Role	Network
2011	|		ABS-CBN
2010	Imortal
2010	Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Alyna (TV series)>Alyna
2010	Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo
2009	|	Guest Actress	GMA Network
2009	Sana Ngayong Pasko
2009	Darna (2009 TV series)>Darna 2
2009	Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang
2008–2009	Gagambino
2008	Codename: Asero
2008	E.S.P. (TV series)>ESP
2007–2008	Kamandag
2007	Bahay Mo Ba 'To
2006	Magpakailanman
2006	Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas
2005–2006	Etheria
2005-2010	Bubble Gang
2005	Love to Love (TV series)>Love To Love
1990	That's Entertainment (TV series)>That's Entertainment

Films

(as Francine Prieto)

Atang Family ''(coming soon)''

Iskul Bukol: 20 years After

Enteng Kabisote 4: The Beginning of the Legend

Silip

Bridal Shower

Bikini Open

Patikim ng Pinya 2

Liberated

Liberated 2

(as Anna Marie Falcon)

Abuso: Case #6433

Imbestigasyon Kay Lolita Macarena

Thalia

Tukso Layuan Mo Ako 2

Sobra Talaga... Overr!!

Divine Mercy sa Buhay Ni Sister Faustina

Darna

Hindi Laruan Ang Puso

Life Story of Sister Fatima Kowalska

Present situation

Francine's mother, Amelia Falcon died on March 26 due to cancer. She was 54. Francine's biological father -a Norwegian- already had died by then. On her father's side Francine has a younger sister, Vivian Marie Layno Jensen, who lives in Norway, Oslo. On her mother's side she has four siblings, an older brother, two younger brothers and one younger sister.

External links

Francine Prieto's original pictorials on FHM Philippines

Showbiz Pinoy Profile

GMA Network Profile

www.gmanews.tv/video, Startalk: Francine Prieto speaks out - 26 January 2008 (in Filipino)

References

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name	Krista Arrieta Kleiner
title	Binibining Pilipinas-International 2010
birth place	Orange County, United States
birth name	Krista Arrieta Kleiner
alias	Krista Kleiner, Krissa Mae
height
hair color	Brown
measurements	36-26-36 (91-66-91)
weight
competitions	Miss International 2010(Top 15)(Miss Talent)(Miss Expressive) }}

Krista Kleiner (born Krista Eileen Kleiner) is a Filipino-American beauty queen and TV actress/singer/model/host/dancer of GMA Network, a host for QTV and a martial artist.

Krista won theBinibining Pilipinas-International 2010 (Miss Philippines International 2010) and received two major awards-Miss Talent and Best in Swimsuit.

After being crowned Miss Philippines International 2010, Krista was asked by international balladeer singer Julio Iglesias to join him on his world tour. She was his special guest in concerts in Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, Hawaii, Canada, New York, Indiana, and Las Vegas.

Krista was a finalist, won "best in talent" and the title of Miss Expressive 2010 at the Miss International pageant held in China while representing the Philippines on November 7, 2010. This title was described as being recognition for her being the most outspoken and best able to communicate with others, and for being the candidate who showed most enthusiasm for life.

Before winning Miss Philippines International, she had won several beauty titles including Miss USA Philippines 2007, Miss Pistang Pilipinas Queen of Tourism 2004, and Miss Young Philippines USA.

Personal life

Krista Kleiner was born and raised in Orange County, California. She graduated from Fullerton Union High School with academic honors, then attended the University of California San Diego, where she was invited and became part of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars for her high grades. Her mother is of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent and her father is of British and German descent. She holds a black belt in taekwondo, has a weapon specialty in nun chucks, and won numerous awards in Latin ballroom, swimming and tennis tournaments. She used to be a choreographer and dancer on her high school dance team.

Television

Upon signing with GMA Artist Center as an exclusive network talent in May 2008, she became a co-host with Arnel Ignacio on the primetime tv gameshow ''GoBingo''. After two successful seasons she was cast as a regular in the primetime tv series ''Gagambino'', the Philippines version of Spider-Man, where she displayed her ability to be a comedian and action star. Since Gagambino she has become a regular singer/ dancer, and was regularly seen on GMA's celebrity concert show ''SOP Rules'', chosen to be one of the singers of the theme song of GMA's primetime tv series ''All About Eve'', and appeared as one of the villains in the hit TV series ''Darna''. She also hosted QTV's Events Inc. alongside Tim Yap.

Recordings

"Beauty Queen" (Krista co-wrote this song with Jay R) (Her original song piece for her talent in Miss International 2010)

"All About..." (with Martha Joy and Daiana Menezes) (Theme Song of All About Eve)

Additional Honors

Date	Honor
November 2010	Guested on largest & most viewed TV program in all of China- "Happy Camp" and asked to perform her original song "Beauty Queen"
October 2009	Cover girl of Gadgets Magazine
October 21, 2009	Finale model for "dean of designers" Ben Farrales on opening day of Fashion Week in the Philippines

TV shows

TitleBantataySRO Cinemaserye:Carinderia QueenDarna (2009 TV series) Events Inc. SOP RulesGagambinoGoBingo

Year	|	Role	Network
2010	|	Dove/Olive	GMA Network
2009	|	Brittney	GMA Network
2009	Darna ||	Liberty	GMA Network
2009–Present	|	Co-Host of Tim Yap	QTV/GMA Network
2009–Present	|	singer and dancer	GMA Network
2008–2009	|	Herself	GMA Network
2008	|	Co-Host	GMA Network

Concert Shows

Location Manila, Philippines. Music Museum Orange County, USA. Knott's Berry Farm Philippines (Manila), Australia (Sydney & Melbourne), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Japan (Tokyo, Osaka Nagoya) and Hawaii (Maui & Honolulu), Canada (Toronto), New York, Indiana, California (Las Vegas and Anaheim) Manila, Philippines. Araneta Coliseum Makati, Philippines. Fiama

Date	|	Event	''Job'''
November 29, 2010	|	concert of JayR	opening performance
August, 2010	|	Filipino Kababayan Festival	dance number with JayR
2010	|	concert	guest performances singing and dancing - Julio Iglesias
August 22, 2009	|	corporate show	R & B Prince Jay R Sillona>Jay R performing "Knock You Down"
June 13, 2009	|	Maxim (magazine)>Maxim's June issue	guest performance with Martha Joy and Daiana Menezes performing "All About..."

TV Show guestings

''show''
November 2010	Guested on largest & most viewed TV program in all of China- "Happy Camp" and asked to perform her original song "Beauty Queen"
SIS
Bubble Gang
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